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Polls, preferences, potential defections: can Victoria’s Liberal party ward off the rising threat of One Nation?

Opposition leader Jess Wilson is under pressure to reveal her position on a deal with Pauline Hanson’s party as the state election approaches

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As thinness is idolised, eating disorders can go dangerously overlooked. Will Victoria’s new approach save lives?

Two programs – one a world first – aim to change how the health system treats a deadly yet neglected mental health condition

The Guardian - AU

Mental health workers strike to wrangle better pay deal

Hundreds of mental health workers, supported by other unions, have taken to the steps of of a state parliament to demand better wages and conditions.

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Babies' heel prick test expanded to critical disorder

Victorian newborns will soon be tested for a potentially deadly genetic disorder as the state expands its heel prick testing in the first days of babies' lives.

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Victoria’s pill testing service to become permanent after 18-month trial

‘We’re doing this because all the evidence says it works,’ premier Jacinta Allan says

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Opioid users to get greater access to overdose drug

Access to an overdose reversal drug has been expanded in Victoria, almost 18 months after the federal government allowed it.

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Public drunkenness is no longer a crime in Victoria. Why did this change on Melbourne Cup Day and how will it work?

Unlike other states, Victoria is not replacing the offence with new powers for police, instead it is rolling out a ‘health-based response’

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Sobering up centre won't open before drunkenness change

Construction delays will prevent Victoria's only dedicated sobering-up centre from being up and running when the state decriminalises public drunkenness.

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Man charged with supplying drugs to one of two men who died at Sydney music festival

The 23-year-old Victorian man was arrested at Sydney airport and later charged with supplying a prohibited drug causing death

The Guardian - AU

Location of ‘extinct’ lizard Vic colony kept under wraps as revival program begins

A rare species of Australian lizard has been spotted in the wild for the first time since 1969, having previously been thought extinct

The New Daily

Solar-powered Sunraysia businesses to save thousands in upcoming electricity rate hike

Businesses in Victoria's north-west are using the sun as a superpower to avoid the worst of a forecast 31 per cent electricity rate hike.

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Free money: Victorians offered another $250 to check their electricity bills

Victorian households are eligible to grab $250 from the state government - and all you need to do is compare your electricity deal.

The New Daily

Would you eat your coffee cup to help reduce plastic waste?

Edible takeaway cups and library-style mug-borrowing schemes are on the menu at a growing number of cafes as possible solutions to Australia's addiction to plastic convenience.

ABC News

Victoria’s move to restrict ‘silencing’ sexual harassment victims welcomed by unions and lawyers

State government proposes reforms to use of nondisclosure agreements by employers in Australian first

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What the new year of preschool education means for parents and children

Explainer: Children in Victoria and NSW will have access to a year of play-based learning before they start school

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Fkn Finally, Street-Based Sex Work Has Just Officially Been Decriminalised In Victoria

This decriminalisation is phase one in Victoria's reform of sex work laws.

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